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terrya (1000+ posts) Tue May-25-04 11:11 AM
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Has anyone read any of Vince Flynn's novels?
Advertisements [?]They're political intrigue...with a character, Mitch Rapp, who's a counterterrorist/assassin with the CIA. Flynn's latest book is "Memorial Day", in which members of Al-Quida have gained possession of a nuclear device to take out Washington, D.C.

Flynn's books are so good...but I have a bit of remorse each time I read one of them. Methinks Vince Flynn is a bit of a right winger, in the Tom Clancy mode.

BlueOysterDem (1000+ posts) Tue May-25-04 11:23 AM
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1. I've read all six, and
Flynn IS a right winger. All you have to do is read "Term Limits" to know that.

Each book advocates violence instead of negotiation, and is set up so that negotiating is actually the stupidest imaginable option. In "Memorial Day" Rapp shoots guys in the head to intimidate others, and people who protest that are mocked as stupid and naive - because the plot only leaves one option.

Limbaugh loves Flynn's books, which should tell you something. I read them for the same reason that I've read conservative pundits - to know what the other guy is thinking.